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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  missing link
       n : hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate
           between apes and human beings [syn: ape-man]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  missing link
     n.
     1 (lb en colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to
  explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary
  figure or position.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  missing link
     n.
     1 (lb en colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to
  explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary
  figure or position.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  missing link
     n.
     1 (lb en colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to
  explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary
  figure or position.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  missing link
     n.
     1 (lb en colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to
  explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
     2 (lb en figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary
  figure or position.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  missing link
     Englanti n.
     puuttuva rengas

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  missing link
     Engelska n.
     felande länk

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/ 
  липсващото звено
  hypothetical primate

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/ 
   [zoo] hypotetický tvor mezi lidoopy a člověkem (v darwinovské teorii)
  

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/ 
  chybějící článek

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/
  fehlendes Glied
   see: link
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/
  
  ελλείπων κρίκος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/ 
  puuttuva lenkki, puuttuva rengas 2.
  figuratively: sought-after intermediary figure
   3.
  hypothetical primate

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/
  1. hiányzó közbülsô alak
  2. hézag
  3. rés
  4. hiányzó láncszem
  5. eltûnt közbülsô alak
  6. hiány

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/ 
  ミッシングリンク
  hypothetical primate

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  missing link /mˈɪsɪŋ lˈɪŋk/ 
  felande länk 2.
  figuratively: sought-after intermediary figure
   3.
  hypothetical primate

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "missing link":
     Bronze Age man, Hominidae, Iron Age man, Stone Age man, aboriginal,
     aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropoid, ape-man, arrearage,
     autochthon, break, bushman, cave dweller, caveman, defalcation,
     defect, deficiency, deficit, discontinuity, fossil man, gap,
     hiatus, hominid, humanoid, interval, lack, lacuna, man of old,
     need, omission, outage, preadamite, prehistoric man, prehuman,
     primate, primitive, protohuman, shortage, troglodyte, ullage, want,
     wantage
  
  

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